A year after Swayze died, Niemi, 57, told PEOPLE she was open to the possibility of being married again.

"I would love companionship love. Absolutely. I hope I’m not one of these women who never want to have another relationship," she said. "But who knows, that’s another bridge I’ll cross when I come to it. I may get there and go, I don’t know. But I like to think that I can.”